"He felt that something was going to happen," says a cousin of Corlton L. Chee, adding that his body had bruises, scratches, and a bump.
Rep. Jackie Speier introduced the bipartisan bill in honor of the late SPC Vanessa Guillén, who was killed in April.
Two congressional committees want to determine what's behind the "pattern of recent tragedies" at the Texas base.
Multiple investigations are currently underway at Fort Hood after 11 soldiers have died in questionable circumstances since March.
Besides expressing "outrage" over the murder of Vanessa Guillén, the leaders pushed for more Latino representation in senior leadership.
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Major General Scott Efflandt, who had begun his post in charge of the Texas base earlier this year, was set to take over the 1st Armored Division in the coming weeks.
Last month, another soldier was found dead in the same lake.
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